Verify Your Eligibility

1 Task: Verify Your VTNE Eligibility

2
Task: Approval to take VTNE more than 3 times

These states all have more stringent retake requirements and require prior
approval to retake the exam for attempts beyond 3 or 4 attempts:

All Canadian provinces, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, and Tennessee.

Contact your state or provincial agency for verification.

The state or provincial agency needs to email an eligibility letter to
vettech@aavsb.org by the application deadline.

3
Task:
Graduation or Alternate Pathway

Graduation from AVMA-CVTEA or CVMA Accredited Program

Most states and all provinces require that VTNE candidates be graduates of a veterinary technology program accredited by the American or Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA-CVTEA or CVMA). AAVSB does not endorse or recommend any veterinary technology program or school.

Three states allow On-the-Job Training (OJT) or alternate degrees for VTNE eligibility.
Confirm you meet the stringent alternate pathway requirements for any of these three states:
Alaska, California, or Wisconsin. Contact information can be found by using the
Board and Agency Directory.

You also need to confirm that the state where you plan to work will credential veterinary technicians
without a degree from an accredited vet tech program.
There are select times when a governmental regulatory board
will make a special exception for the approval of a candidate for eligibility. The AAVSB will defer to their decision.